19:24:14 <lookaside[m]> I'm trying to develop a monero application and want to use the testnet. I tried following these instructions https://monerodocs.org/infrastructure/networks/#testnet to connect to a remote testnet node but I'm getting a "no connection to daemon error"... (full message at https://libera.ems.host/_matrix/media/r0/download/libera.chat/fcc0366da653ed5e23ba28d07c066c28ceeb8fd2)
19:40:34 <gingeropolous> lookaside[m], remote testnet node is probably dead. which one?
19:41:24 <lookaside[m]> I tried connecting to the one listed in the article, namely `monero-testnet.exan.tech:28081`. Are you aware of another one I can use?
19:43:29 <gingeropolous> i just opened a restricted rpc port on the one at xmrchain.net
19:43:55 <gingeropolous> dunno if you need unrestricted. as always with these things, your best bet is to roll your own. testnet shouldn't take that long to sync
19:44:43 <lookaside[m]> How much storage is required to sync it? Best way to minimize it? Thanks for your advice
19:44:56 <gingeropolous> dunno if the exan.tech one is working, i don't have my port sniffing script handy
19:45:03 <lookaside[m]> * your advice. What do you mean by restricted/unrestricted?
19:46:25 <gingeropolous> so, the daemon is like the monero blockchain database manager and the network interface. if you have complete rpc access to the daemon, you can execute any of the daemon rpc commands. some of these aren't fun for random internet people to toggle.
19:46:41 <gingeropolous> so there's a restricted rpc access to the daemon that limits what a remote client can do
19:47:02 <gingeropolous> monero blockchain database service.. not manager. anyhoo.
19:47:39 <gingeropolous> lookaside[m], my current testnet blockchain is ~3 Gb on disk
19:48:38 <lookaside[m]> Gotcha. Just looking to send / receive + generate subaddresses. If I run my own testnet, do I need to run miners? or am I connecting to the existing network? Apologies for the noob questions
19:48:40 <gingeropolous> if you wanna reduce further, you can try to launch with --prune-blockchain , but i dunno how much that will help testnet chain because theres no txs, and afaik, pruning chops off data from txs
19:49:04 <gingeropolous> u don't need to worry about miners. ure connecting to the existing network
19:51:44 <lookaside[m]> Is that as simple as running `monerod --testnet`?
19:52:23 <lookaside[m]> * `monerod --testnet`? Does the chain save in the folder you run it from?
19:52:54 <gingeropolous> saves in the same folder as mainnet, in a sub directory
19:53:53 <lookaside[m]> Gotcha, thanks! `2022-01-03 19:53:18.576	I Synced 2501/1888772 (0%, 1886271 left)`
19:53:53 <lookaside[m]> Is there a way to "skip history"? Or am I sorta stuck waiting for this to complete
19:56:10 <gingeropolous> sorta stuck. You can keep that running and see if u can get the remote node to work
19:57:24 <gingeropolous> hang on tho, ima put the new version on testnet whynot
19:57:45 <lookaside[m]> Much appreciated!
19:58:13 <gingeropolous> ok should be updated now
19:58:23 <gingeropolous> yay bin plop worked
19:58:29 <lookaside[m]> What's the url/port?
19:58:46 <gingeropolous> uhm, try xmrchain.net:28089
19:59:05 <gingeropolous> !resolve xmrchain.net
19:59:08 <gingeropolous> bah
19:59:53 <lookaside[m]> Am I doing something wrong?... (full message at https://libera.ems.host/_matrix/media/r0/download/libera.chat/da3770aac5d4d42e536a6d5d61d318dc233bdaa0)
20:02:04 <gingeropolous[m]> theres no quotes for the address
20:03:20 <lookaside[m]> Hmm still getting same error with `--daemon-address xmrchain.net:28089`
20:03:33 <gingeropolous[m]> well i dunno maybe quotes are ignored. drop trusted daemon perhaps
20:04:02 <lookaside[m]> Didn't work either :/
20:04:11 <gingeropolous[m]> lets take this to the monero room, this is getting too much for dev
20:05:05 <lookaside[m]> Sure thing!
21:56:00 <lookaside[m]> gingeropolous: it seems I can't connect to the testnet anymore
23:59:27 <selsta> lookaside[m]: try the testnet remote node from here https://melo.tools/nodes.html